[jawsscripts] Re: GetTextInFrame

  • From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:16:17 -0500

No, you should be right!  Great IDEA!!!
This is why I am not a programmer, but I like to pretend that I am.  I will 
try this and report back this weekend because Geoff might find this useful 
as well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Posey" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:54 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: GetTextInFrame


> Couldn't you move the cursor to the frame and do FindColors and limit it 
> to
> the frame and when found do a GetColorField of the text? Or is the text
> scattered around the frame?
> Jerry
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:33 AM, GianniP46 <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>
>> ok, thanks I got this working now, but I only need text with certain 
>> colors
>> spoken.  I know how to do this in the frame manager, but can you get this 
>> to
>> work with the GetTextInFrame Function?
>> In other words can you only get text with specific attributes?
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Geoff Chapman
>>  To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>  Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:57 PM
>>  Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: GetTextInFrame
>>
>>  hi Gian.
>>
>>  I can probably speak somewhat into this one, but I just haven't been 
>> able
>> to
>>  make the time to do it properly! never enough time!
>>
>>  but, in very basic untested form, which I realize is not how you've 
>> asked
>>  for it, wouldn't you just wanna do something like:
>>  define CrateName as a local or global string variable, let's say local 
>> for
>>  sake of argument near the beginning of your script, after the term
>>  var
>>  to denote variable list, (though in all standard protocol you should
>> really
>>  probably call it,
>>  var
>>  string sCrateName
>>
>>  ; (the preceeding lower case s, indicating that it's a string  variable,
>>  ; wouldn't you then just do something like:
>>  let sCrateName = GetTextInFrame ("MyFrameName")
>>  if StringContains (sCrateName, "TextToWatchFor") then
>>  ; do whatever you need.
>>  EndIf
>>
>>  something like that?
>>
>>  however what I'm not sure about here is, and what I do keep insisting 
>> you
>>  reeally need to work on getting down too if your gunna work with frames,
>> is
>>  to insure that their validation criteria is accurate.  i.e. that their
>>  WindowTitle, or Class parameter, far more often the former than the 
>> latter
>>  is problematic in my experience,
>>  is not breaking the frame from working.
>>
>>  gotta run. see how you go with this so far.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  To: "JawsScriptsList" <JawsScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:57 PM
>>  Subject: [jawsscripts] GetTextInFrame
>>
>>
>>  > Hi all,
>>  > Can someone give me some sample code to get the text that is in a 
>> frame
>>  that is already defined and have that text assigned to a string variable
>>  called CrateName.
>>  > I am trying to check a frame to see if it contains certain text.  If 
>> it
>>  does, then I need to do something in particular.
>>  > Thanks!
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Gian Pedulla
>>  > GianniP46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>  >
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